Magic Kiss (Hope Falls Book 11) by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn [Shawn, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B014VPZHCU
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2015-09-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

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“Can we, Mom? Please,” Drew pleaded, giving Emma the biggest puppy-dog eyes he had in his puppy-dog-eye arsenal.

A twinge of guilt twisted inside her as she answered, “I’m not sure, bud. Maybe.”

As a mom, she was used to feeling guilt. It came with the job. She felt guilty about having to work. She felt guilty if she couldn’t afford to buy Drew all the things his friends had. She felt guilty that he’d lost his dad. It didn’t even matter if it was technically her fault or not—she still felt guilty.

That didn’t make feeling it now any easier, because she was contemplating depriving her son of the movie night she’d agreed to just this morning because she’d just played tonsil hockey with his godfather and needed to compose herself before she sat in a darkened room with him.

“Okay,” Drew sighed as he looked back down at his plate and pushed his broccoli around with his fork.

All through dinner, she’d been counting the minutes, even the seconds, until it would be over so she could go to her room and scream into a pillow. Or jump up and down, collapse from sheer joy. Something. Anything to celebrate the monumental event that had taken place in the hallway.

Holy jalapeño, had that kiss been hot!

If her lips hadn’t still been tingling with awareness, she might’ve thought she’d hit her head so hard on the desk that she’d hallucinated. She felt like Tina, like the only logical explanation was that she’d passed out and imagined the entire encounter.

But, just like Sean had really shown up at Tina’s door, Logan had really kissed her. And it hadn’t been a friendly kiss. She’d felt that kiss all the way down to her toes—and everywhere in between.

As she cut a piece of chicken while Logan and Drew discussed the bike Logan was restoring, she marveled at how she could’ve forgotten how good kissing felt. How intimate. How all encompassing.

Then she tried to remember if it had ever felt like that. Had she ever kissed someone and genuinely felt like she’d needed them more than she’d needed oxygen, or water, or food, or anything?

“Mom, did you hear me? I said that Amanda said to tell you that they have plenty more stories if you need more research,” Drew said before reaching for his can of soda.

“Oh, okay. Tell her I said thanks so much.” Emma still couldn’t get over how nice all the women she’d met were. Not fake nice, either. They were the real deal.

“Research?” Logan asked.

She’d been avoiding looking at him and hadn’t spoken even a word to him the entire dinner because she was terrified that, if she did, Drew would somehow know that something had happened between them and they’d be caught. Which was ridiculous on several levels.

First, her son didn’t have ESP. He was not a mind reader, either. Thank God for that. If he were, Emma would’ve traumatized him for life with all the not-made-for-TV thoughts she was having about the man at the end of the table.

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